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  • Fiction Discussion Re: Why write?

    **coughs** I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, LMAO. I write because I cant help it. I get IDEAS for stories and ... well, I never really do anything with them but they ...

    Mar 31, 2006
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Short small story, time killer, ABOUT SNIPERS

    Hi Torpid! I'm feeling bored, so I'm really going to get stuck into this one...you might want to run and hide now, LOL. Nah, but seriously, bear with me. I'm ...

    Mar 30, 2006
  • Research Archives Re: Oi! Kiwis! Get in here!

    Yes, I'm talking to you. I need help with a story I'm writing - New Zealand, 1953-6. What was happening in NZ? What was it like? I need clothing, hairstyles, ...

    Mar 29, 2006
  • Research Re: Penal COlonies

    Oooh! Mememememe!....OK, not so much. But I'm from NZ, I live in NZ, and you kinda pick this stuff up while gagging on the information the school system shoves down ...

    Mar 29, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: jack be nimble

    :shock: :shock: :shock: I just read this on your site (followed the link in your siggy, lol) and I gotta say I am blown away also. It is...a beautiful piece. ...

    Mar 29, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Favorites in Classic Literature...

    I have stacks upon stacks of classics - I collect them - and occasionally when I'm feeling scholarly (or I run out of modern novels) I pull one out at ...

    Mar 27, 2006
  • Randomosity Re: friend or animal?

    Overwhelmingly in favour of the Dog. Rabbits, well, eh. Horses...no. Wild animals can probably swim anyway. Cat, probably, poor thing. Human...well, that's actually a tricky question. I mean, if it ...

    Mar 19, 2006
  • Randomosity Re: Yes, No, Black, White.

    Not in New Zealand. Which colour is said to "contain all colours"?

    Mar 16, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Riddle

    I, too, have heard it before. And I'm half a world away from xantham, so...would you care to explain? :?

    Mar 11, 2006
  • Other Poetry Re: Mannequin

    Was looking through my old poems and decided to re-edit this... Mannequin Made of white elastic and a kind of vacant dignity a girl with long hair (whose original colour ...

    Mar 11, 2006
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Cheney Hunting Scandal

    Um. Not being an American I have no idea what you're talking about; however, I think I've picked up the gist of it and I agree with sabradan. Lawyers are ...

    Mar 9, 2006
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Psychology of the Self

    I've always thought that the only thing anyone can say for sure about themselves is "I am". I mean, like JigSaw says, the external "I" is always changing: we arent ...

    Mar 9, 2006
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: best planet in the solar system

    Since I've never actually been to any other planet, I'll stick with Earth ;)

    Mar 6, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    (Now I did!)

    Mar 5, 2006
  • Randomosity Re: Keep the story going.....

    "I think you might've," Jordan said, shrugging. He looked pale, and suddenly she realized that they were both shaking. "God, Kyra, that was so...are you sure you're all right? You ...

    Mar 5, 2006


What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
— J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye